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what age can you get a cattle herd number at ?

  • 19-01-2014 08:52PM
    #1
    dunarihunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭


    wel, just wondering what age you are able to get a heard number for cattle at. thanks


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  • #2
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    dunarihunting wrote: »
    wel, just wondering what age you are able to get a heard number for cattle at. thanks

    If your father had one, use his.

    My opinion qiukd be dont get yer own til you start farming in your own right, as getting one before may affect whatever grants / premiums are available when you do start farming.


  • #3
    simx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭simx


    Username John wrote: »
    If your father had one, use his.

    My opinion qiukd be dont get yer own til you start farming in your own right, as getting one before may affect whatever grants / premiums are available when you do start farming.

    Ya can get a sub account on your fathers herd no. Just for tax reasons, keep things more in line and less complicated, I had a sub account when I was 15, I say the neighbours were asking themselves where I had the land for a herd no or how I had one when that age as my name was on the board in mart


  • #4
    agriman27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭agriman27


    Yeah I would put off gettin a herd number for as long as you can for the reasons mentioned :)


  • #5
    armin van burren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭armin van burren


    dunarihunting wrote: »
    wel, just wondering what age you are able to get a heard number for cattle at. thanks

    Well if you're old enough to have land in your name,your old enough for a herd no
    I decided to get a herd no for myself once I lost my virginity


  • #6
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    armin van burren wrote: »
    I decided to get a herd no for myself once I lost my virginity

    44 was very late in life to be getting into cattle!


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  • #7
    longgonesilver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 734 ✭✭✭longgonesilver


    reilig wrote: »
    44 was very late in life to be getting into cattle!
    Welcome to Boards!


  • #8
    dunarihunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭dunarihunting


    thanks for that lads


  • #9
    farmingmad10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 137 ✭✭farmingmad10


    Load of bull**** lads. Talking about grants & premiums. Did yous not see the new proposals in place a young trained farmer can get €16,000 over 5 years & that's the maximum if you have 50 HECTARES!!! Imo young man get your herd number & start up farming. You will have lads telling you in 5yrs not to get a herd number. If you are 18 you can get one for sure. You will get away with a 3yr land lease but preferably 5 if you can.


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